Last week I made a terrible (but well reasoned) prediction of “Clips in six” that was influenced by the ghost of the Spurs’ past four title-less years that has been haunting me. (Should have gone Clips in seven, much safer.) The reality is that this team is substantially different from the one described by that ghost. This has led me to promise the Spurs that I will not pick them to los...

While waiting to write this Semifinals piece all week while the Clippers and Grizzlies battled it out, I kept wondering who I would rather face if I were the Spurs. The easy answer would be the Grizzlies.
The Spurs went 4-0 against the Grizzlies and most of the games weren't all that close. They went only 2-1 against the Clips, winning one in overtime. But is anything ever that simple? I'll sav...